News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Six CLA Alumni Recognized in the Twin Cities Business 100 List Congratulations to our 6 alumni for their achievements! Read and learn more about each of their careers in Minnesota. English Major Spotlight: Isaac Leer This junior's favorite part of being an English major is "the built-in community." Grad Studies: Exploring Black Fiction After the Civil Rights Movement PhD candidate Thomas Forrest received a fellowship to finish his dissertation on Toni Morrison and other women writers Career Diversity: Discovering and Uncovering Narratives in Art History PhD alum Masha Zavialova curates exhibitions and collections at the Museum of Russian Art. Kathryn Nuernberger on New Essay Collection HELD The professor discusses her book about symbiotic mutualisms and climate change with "Fiction/Non/Fiction" Upcoming Events In-Person Event, January 21, 2026 Jack Zipes, (University of Minnesota Emeritus) Presents: Never-Ending Tales: Antisemitism, Jewish Creative Resistance, and a Literature of Hope This lecture will demonstrate how Jewish folk narratives and fantasy writing between 1870 and the 1930s, a period in which Jewish and especially Yiddish literature blossomed…
Six CLA Alumni Recognized in the Twin Cities Business 100 List Congratulations to our 6 alumni for their achievements! Read and learn more about each of their careers in Minnesota.
English Major Spotlight: Isaac Leer This junior's favorite part of being an English major is "the built-in community."
Grad Studies: Exploring Black Fiction After the Civil Rights Movement PhD candidate Thomas Forrest received a fellowship to finish his dissertation on Toni Morrison and other women writers
Career Diversity: Discovering and Uncovering Narratives in Art History PhD alum Masha Zavialova curates exhibitions and collections at the Museum of Russian Art.
Kathryn Nuernberger on New Essay Collection HELD The professor discusses her book about symbiotic mutualisms and climate change with "Fiction/Non/Fiction"
In-Person Event, January 21, 2026 Jack Zipes, (University of Minnesota Emeritus) Presents: Never-Ending Tales: Antisemitism, Jewish Creative Resistance, and a Literature of Hope This lecture will demonstrate how Jewish folk narratives and fantasy writing between 1870 and the 1930s, a period in which Jewish and especially Yiddish literature blossomed…
